was. that. a war within a war the most radical and a fierce faction of syria's rebel movement is accused of lynch and dozens of moderate opposition fighters. disillusionment in the e.u. leadership approval ratings had record lows in european nations who are struggling with huge levels off debt and warrant. and the international space station will stay in orbit until at least twenty twenty forty keep on grandmas missions and got against possible asked an asteroid threats report on experts gathering to discuss the these very issues.

it's just composite nine am here in the russian capital you love with us on r.t. international is me to be on with a. i knew swimmingly uncontrollable power has risen in syria it's causing more fear among people than the government of bashar assad ever did we must warn you that the footage you're about to see is extremely graphic. state of iraq and of want also known as isis is accused of lynching dozens of opposition fighters in the city of aleppo this unverified video appears to show hand cupped men with gunshot wounds piled up on the ground just days ago several hundred captives of the hardline rebel group were freed by the opposition fighters in syria the shocking accounts include descriptions of torture at the hands of one of the most radical jihadist militant groups in the region they said isis fighters were worse than assets feared a force intelligence and said they prayed for planes to hit them so the torture

would stop security police policy analyst michael maloof believes if the west hadn't sponsored the syrian opposition this group would not have so much influence now. united states provided lethal assistance through jordan through the cia and through the through turkey through the opposition but the opposition is is is fragmented incapable and what's happened is that the the the more radical elements . principally the. foreign fighters have taken over the opposition in terms of the fighting and consequently those weapons of got into their hands they've become emboldened they've become they've gotten better weapons as a consequence are getting surface to air missiles they got r.p.g. and as a result it's it's and it's given them before a force multiplier to be able to fight it successfully not only against not only against bashar assad but now to extend itself back into iraq which they know

who's forces are not capable of withstanding the the onslaught of the. the position on syrian rebels has shifted recently former cia director michael hayden said the assad regime is beginning to look like the lesser of all evils a point of view echoed by russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and the former u.s. ambassador to syria iraq and afghanistan ryan crocker agreed that assad is just as bad as the jihadists now and europe is also backtracking on its approach to the syrian crisis in the opinion of my committee. the europeans are basically backing off from a little bit of support for the opposition and and certainly because of the the inability to distinguish. the different the different elements within the opposition and invariably what will happen is that if you put to start to pass

weapons to the opposition it evidently will fall into the hands of the extremists because they are just much more. in addition to be a more radicalized they are also. more fierce fighters and they have shown that against the opposition the syrian opposition the original syrian opposition. meanwhile in iraq the government has been able to push al qaeda linked militants on of the city. with the u.s. stepping in to help quell stuck debates whether its involvement can lead to any good. you know distance states for nine years applying hellfire missiles and drones and automation in attacks of all sorts of kinds and none of that worked is the definition of of mental illness to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results introducing weapons into iraq at this time from the united states will likely have as much success this time as it did the last time i

mean this is kind of deja vu all over again do you do the same thing again it's really quite amazing i mean we have to remind our viewers here there was no al qaida in iraq before the invasion and now they have i mean come on i mean what is the learning curve here with all of the distortions of the result of meddling right murder by the united states is this spirit seeking sovereignty self-determination dignity it's a we're going to be running down and down but it is a good thing going and off it for as you mentioned some good words there itself that ask those p.k. well you can we do for you. if you want. it's a new yeah but the same old problems with leadership the most recent poll suggests

a strong streak of disapproval at their performance among people across the union and that could be very significant in the upcoming european parliament elections but all of the reports. now in a few months europeans will be going to the polls in what could be the most important european parliamentary elections but the latest gallup polls to to sticks well don't make good reading for those that will be standing for the top spots across the european parliament well it's the opinion polls are down across the board of those this have any kind of support for the current european leadership and the positions which they hold even those countries that have received some of the most help countries like spain that received forty one billion euros to bail out its failing banking sector well in two thousand and nine fifty nine percent of the population said they had faith and they supported the european leadership and

they had faith in the e.u. now well that's twenty seven percent another country that's traditionally been well very pro e.u. ireland they received sixty seven point five billion. bailout their failing banking system seventy percent of the irish population and previously said that they supported the european union now that number forty seven percent well there's also been big declines for support of the e.u. in countries like sweden finland austria the netherlands denmark and the you care for the first time since these type of statistics have existed you might have kingdom it doesn't finish last when it comes to use the to support the you currently that statistic belongs to and that right belongs to greece with only nineteen percent of their population supporting the european union understandable really when you see the hardships that of been inflicted upon their people by the european crisis it's not just european politicians that have seen

a downturn in popularity the euro itself is also hit huge lows well europeans look to all. turn it of types of currency secure their finances we can find out more on that from maria phenomena these colorful rick tangle and notes and not just money but they have a real value you can go shopping with these bills in your wallet pay for dean had harassed during it. the idea will turn a t.v. or so-called complimentary currencies that people of businesses agree to use for transactions within a particular area a district quarter with just a street may look like something from a kid's game but the reasons behind it are far from child's play you know his per week first project local currencies stay within the region development second ideological a lot of confidence in official currencies make people want to have

something they understand that they can control and that they can trust and not just something that is printed you don't know how with new control and leads to speculation alternative forms of money have a history stretching back decades and appear to be growing in popularity especially tough financial times of them there isn't enough of a bang splay a lot with money and often risky games but i'd be under the day ordinary people have to pay for mistakes and losses this is why people want to have a currency they will be sure will serve them and not go disappear somewhere in fiscal paradise is a global finance system so banks today's mazed famous headline grabbing alternative currency is the digital big coin but there are dozens of others and he's worldwide in france europe's second largest economy people exchange services and goods via at least twenty different types of complimentary currencies and their numbers are growing. the slain is behind one such project the monthly outside paris

she says she never considered pain with anything other than euros until the advantages of an alternative became clear. as with the euro is that it's definitely not just a mode of exchange but it also became a mode of speculation to feed banks while local currencies support local projects and develop a real economy on the ground which means it works for us the people. falcon's restaurant is part of the project along with the flower shop and the organ except her market is wrong. here poor people that are people in the world of finance that we're nothing else but to make people who are all for their own benefit why should we allow them to do that this sticker indicates this restaurant accept cash the red means of fishing a peach in french but also energy and the slogan was i will replace your seat is

used to express someone is in good health and full of energy which the local currencies here in france certainly seem to be experts claim complimentary currencies will never replace an official one however if trust is undermined hard enough in conventional money people may start looking for a different type of change brief notion r.t. from france. by coming up in the program and nationalists among the pacifists. thank you very much. r t looks at how the. right wing movements are becoming more vocal about the need to regain self-respect and make its presence felt. also coming up here on our international report on the security plans aimed at keeping the russians thirty or so she's saved in the twenty second winter olympic games. the white house has agreed to extend the life of the international space station

until at least twenty eight twenty four it's hoped more nations could now take part in the missions to the i assess as well as working to prevent asteroid strikes and plan missions to mars artie's going to church again reports. the leaders of space programs from all over the world have gathered in washington to map out the future of space exploration and any progress here is a leap for the form of humankind and never just one nation and by the way this meeting is the first of its kind on a ministerial level with over thirty countries participating we will advance further faster if we work collectively the explosion of a meteor over russia last year added to the urgency of creating a global asteroid warning system scientists say although extremely expensive it's technically feasible but it cooperation deal like that is yet a distant shot first because the result there has to be a political will what country would sign off on an agreement with

a clause saying parties can pull out of the program if their new leader is rich so each country would risk enormous losses in such a case especially say any future international marson venture would require a steadfast commitment i just don't see any nation having enough commitment to be willing to fund a amount of money that would take with today's technology the state of today's technology to go to mars alone there was a strong and now well established cooperation between russia and a number of other countries at the international space station but beyond that it's still just talk talk that is happening here in washington i'm going to check on r.t. . the iowa says is now the world's a main center for space exploration it took ten yes' and over thirty missions to assemble the result of football field size engineering marvel incredible one of the

main ideas behind extending its operation is to allow more private companies to supply cargo and compete for lucrative contracts now currently space a research is largely government backed since the end of the u.s. space shuttle program and twenty eleven astronauts have been ferried back and forth to the station on russian soyuz spacecraft and space scientists edward corley things a rush a us corporation should slip as a basis for future recess. absolutely essential that there be a partnership between the united states and russia and then other members of the world community can join in bringing additional resources both scientific resources and financial resources to allow us to leave the planet earth there is a space club if you will that the united states in and russia created of of the there's a press steve a national capability that six pressed by the ability to explore space india has just had a very successful launch of a probe. and you'll see increasingly pilot

a strong program in china a strong program in india and other nations having substantial international space efforts our job the job of the space scientists and engineers is to build the next mission so that when it comes time to retire the international space station the next mission to extend human presence away from the earth into space will be ready we also caught up with dr christian from the international astronomical of federation he says that aside from russia and the u.s. smaller nations are also rapidly entering the space race. the opinion of for russia and the plans are for russia in terms of space exploration will be a key element in a global a space exploration scenario we're very pleased to see that also small countries who are still a few years nobody could think about them being actively involved in space projects

they are more and more understanding the value of space services they are more and more on the spending of key in four turns to play a role in the global. space exploration scenery and more and more of these countries are developing capabilities which are amazing spacestation for me is. that such corporation can work despite all the feel different approaches differences in different countries. u.s. officials say and in the indian diplomat who was asked to leave the country the woman was handcuffed arrested and strip searched in december following accusations that involved had treatment of the nanny get the full details on r t v dot com. also while you online any e.u. parliament or inquiry condemns the under president and indiscriminate gathering of data by u.s. and british intelligence agencies the repercussions of that prove. it

right to see. her street. and i would think that you're. on the record with the. instrument. and i'm president a level of security is in place around there. city of sorts she the host of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games tens of thousands of police officers have been drafted in with the sole aim of keeping citizens visitors and athletes safe artie's pos got takes a look. the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen i

wore the to the city of sochi. as soon as russia's black sea resort was awarded the game seven years ago cell observers question the choice of host city such as close proximity to the volatile caucasus region was they argued a cause for concern. and the recent twin terror attacks in volgograd some seven hundred kilometers from sochi every ignited some of those worries organizers say security has been their main priority since day one tourism is the global threat and for terrorism there is no there is no territory but here in sochi from the very beginning of the construction phase the state that sort is made those with months to prepare the special measures starting from the screening of their own materials checking in all the venues and preparing

incredible measures of the security to provide this safe environment here with less than a month to go now until the games begin tight security measures are already in place around forty thousand police and security offices are expected to be on patrol for sales of dangerous hunting equipment a banned for the duration of the games there's also a controlled zone stretching sixty kilometers along the coast and twenty five kilometers inland and encompassing all venues. in terms of security so it is a special case because this whole area it's authorized visit is only there are security details from a number of countries including the u.k. and u.s. working here. and those security forces will be coming together to protect places like this is the brand new purpose built train station in the olympic village is going to be one of the main transport hubs during the games moving thousands of spectators. we have cameras into crumbs that connect you with the engineer and the

police present train stations and on the train security is pretty tight. with the bulk of the work now complete with all venues and transport networks built and tested sochi is now just waiting for the sporting world to descend. altie. now some more news from around the world police in a simple clash with people liberating the first anniversary of the assassination of us we could rebels female activists from the coup to shippey take a party were killed in paris last year violence broke out after officers blocked demonstrators from reaching the french consulate reefed the p.k. is considered a terrorist organization by e.u. and us and has been battling for an independent homeland since one thousand nine hundred forty. three calls in egypt have convicted one hundred thirteen

muslim brotherhood supporters on charges ranging from rioting to weapons possession in december the government declared the brotherhood a terrorist group accusing it of violence its origins have been cracking down on the organization ever since president morsi was removed from pollard last july. amid a mountain public complaints and teen fracking protest the new pace to figure all the controversial drilling method is revealed in today's breaking the set take a look it's a question i never thought of what buff firaaq is mickey mantle's up to ohio so last month a radio disney employees travel twenty six schools and science centers across the state promoting a program called a rock in ohio sounds innocent enough right turns out this initiative was entirely funded by none other than the ohio or oil and gas energy education program which in turn gets its money from you guessed it the oil and gas companies during a demonstration the kids were shown in iraq to presentations about gas pipelines

are encouraged to spread the message about the industry not just guessing here but i doubt these kids were also talked at infertility in cancer causing chemicals in front of fracking water supplies and let's break this. some parts of japanese society want to drag the pacifist nation to the right nationalist groups are growing louder in their calls for the country to take a harder line against enemies home and abroad archies alessio looks at the possible political repercussions for the entire region. it's become a tradition in japan when some foreign officials are subjected to verbal abuse on this particular occasion japanese nationalists made their feelings known loud and clear to russia's foreign minister china and south korea have also been in their crosshairs one for an island dispute the other for sending too many labor migrants

to japan and while the latest protests korean workers were described as cockroaches which needed to be exterminated this man is one of those behind the nationalist rallies in japan he says he'd like to see japan a more closer citee one of the other water we've been to open to the world no foreigners come here and commit crimes i want us to return to pre-war period when we were closed and south sufficient despite criticizing the government for its immigration policies the movement could not be feeling more comfortable since twenty twelve when she and so are there was reelected as prime minister such rallies have been on the rise. those are not only foreign nationals and delegations getting the stick from japanese nationalists there are locals who have directly suffered from their country becoming more far right these school teachers have been protesting because they lost their jobs for not complying with what they call ultranationalist regulations in schools. should be made is an obligation to listen

to the national anthem before classes i told my pupils part of who were not even japanese that it wasn't obligatory to stand up and then i got fired but it's not only about instilling national pride speculation is rife that with all this stronger japan hype is eager to amend the nine hundred forty seven cost. namely article number nine which brave is japan from having any kind of army other than for defense purposes in the increasingly intertwined world we can't ensure the peace of our nation without broad actively taking a role in the peace and security of the world why don't we take steps forward on the sheet of constitutional amendment but not everyone is buying it and more far reaching goal could be reshaping the regional balance of power. there has been a talk among high profile politicians including former prime ministers when one should be public debate whether japan should have nuclear weapons its new

materialized but it's something the ruling elite has been pondering for years now and non-pacifist japan let alone a nuclear power would send shock waves across the region say experts but for now even with nationalist voices getting louder polls suggest that such ideas are still some way from becoming a reality let's see russia reporting from get back. but i'll bring him on news and huff and i'll just say that's what up next is larry king and politicking. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got this huge area covered. some of the sixteen percent

imports came from. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for. illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths.

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snowden's key legal adviser ben wiser of the a.c.l.u. on today's politicking. with ben wise and he's director of the a.c.l.u. speech privacy and technology project he's been a key advisor to the n.s.a. leaker edward snowden ben what's his current state of mind later we'll have a debate about all of this too what's the current state of mind of mr snowden. well you know his morale is pretty good. he is so grateful for the support that he's received recently from some of the world's leading newspapers including the new york times that called for him to be treated we need only to be given clemency but even more than that he's grateful for the global debate that his disclosures have

set off and that our open courts are reviewing the programs that he revealed and now congress is considering historic legislation even the president's own advisers are telling him that the n.s.a. has gotten out of control and needs to be reined in that was what hope to accomplish and that's what he has accomplished so that's what he meant when he said his mission has been accomplished yeah i don't think that he meant the mission accomplished this wasn't the president on the aircraft carrier saying the war is over what it was just starting what he meant by that is that his job is done his job was to bring the public into the debate to take these secret programs and bring them into the light of day it's our job to decide what we do with that information he didn't have any grandiose notion that he himself could change our society what he wanted to do is to put us in a position where we could decide what the consequences should be of these disclosures that's what he meant by mission accomplished and now the.